Water

Calm, soothing waves,

Washing on the shore.

Quiet rhythm, shaken

By a boat sailing at large.

 

Peaceful contemplation

Of a life-tight, natural element.

I am attracted. Irresistibly.

Drawn in. I don’t want to fight it.

 

I am giving in. I am shedding off

My clothes, layer after layer.

I am unbound. Liberated

From the grasp of social life –

 

Conventions.

 

I let my feet dip in the liquid matter.

One. Two. One step after another,

I feel the enveloping body relieving

My heavy flesh of its weigh, eased

 

From its own prospect. Untied, free to express

Its moves. Unburdened by forethought.

Merging with its environment. Reacting

As one. Swimming. Navigating. Free to feel.

 

Light yet overwhelmed.

Surrounded by softness.

Untouched yet nurtured.

Caressed. Floating. Liberated.

 

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Featured photographs and poem – Water – Day 3 of the Developing Eye 10-day Photo Challenge.

 

I captured all these images in Thonon Les Bains, France on the 7th July, 2016.

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More pictures and explanations below:

Chemin de Ripaille, Thonon Les Bains, France (iPhone 5C – HDR – wide shot / left pan)

Summer foliage hanging over a view of Lake Geneva , Thonon Les Bains, France                  (iPhone 5C – HDR – wide shot)

Lake Geneva, Thonon Les Bains, France (iPhone 5C – HDR – wide shot / left pan)

 

Lake Geneva’s Transparent Waters and its Polished Rocks, Thonon Les Bains, France            (iPhone 5C – HDR – Bird’s eye angle)